SOHO SUSHI BOWLRRITO: I’m getting too old for this shit.

Las Vegas is often called Los Angeles’s playground due to its proximity and how often the denizens of LA tend to jump back and forth on a weekend or whenever it becomes convenient. As a result, the culture is pretty similar between the two cities and we tend to receive a lot of the trends that are working their way through LA. Escape rooms are one such example, where you find your way out of a locked room that you paid to get into (what a genius idea that one was). But we also get a lot of food trends too, and the one sweeping the city right now is sushi burritos.

TED YOU SON OF A BITCH

I almost titled this review “get off my lawn” because I frankly feel old when someone brings up a new and scary trend to me, but sushi burritos just make absolutely no sense to me. John Curtas at Eating Las Vegas already covered this one, but we share an opinion on this.

Good sushi is supposed to be about the fish. Really high quality fish seasoned with minimal ingredients made by expert hands delivered at the absolute peak moment to maximize enjoyment by the diner. Sushi burritos are just elaborate hand rolls made with so many ingredients that it becomes absolutely impossible to taste the difference in the very subtle flavors of raw fish.

However, I would like to make a confession. I like poke bowls.

No, you can’t really taste the extreme quality of the fish. Yes, pretty much all of them are exactly the same. It’s a seafood themed Chipotle (which I absolutely love). But god dammit, it’s satisfying and tasty and pretty damn cheap. They’re not going to give them a michelin star anytime soon, but I don’t think time travelers are going to come stop me from saying that I LIKE POKE BOWLS.

BEHOLD MY SHAME

And now we come to Soho Sushi Bowlrrito (who needs to find a catchier name). I’ve been to a few Poke bowl places in LA and a few here, and Soho might actually be my favorite location I’ve found. The quality of ingredients is very very similar across the board, so it comes down to the little things. First, they’re available for delivery on a bunch of different services. Second, they’re absurdly cheap at $10 for a double salmon bowl. That’s really hard to beat for a tasty bowl of semi healthy food.

I don’t know how long the fad of sushi burritos and poke bowls is going to last. I’m not sure there needs to be one on every block. But as long as they don’t take themselves too seriously, I’m fine with the poke bowls at least sticking around for a while. At least you can taste the fish.